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Pensions Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)

I beg to move,"That the Order of 20 June 2011 (Pensions Bill [Lords] (Programme)) be varied as follows:""1. Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order shall be omitted.""2. Proceedings on Consideration shall be taken in the order shown in the first column of the following Table.""3. The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table."

"4. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 10 pm at today's sitting." Briefly, as you will be aware, Mr Speaker, this Pensions Bill covers a wide range of issues. The issue that has understandably attracted most attention has been the one about state pension age. The programme motion thus gives that issue the lion's share of the time available for Report. There is a range of other important issues relating to private pensions, so the final hour or so is given over to all those issues. Rather than detaining the House by talking about talks, as it were, I commend the programme motion and hope that we can move on to debating the substantive issues.